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M25A - Introduction to Probability

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This course uses the following course codes:
  • MATH 2140
  • M25A

Number of credits: 4

This course has the following prerequisites:

This course has no corequisites.

The assessment for the course is as follows:

This course has coursework assessment.

In course assignments weight: 40%

Final exam: 60%

Course syllabus

  • Basic probability rules including

    Bayes' rule Theorem on total probability Conditional probability Variable Mathematical expectation Means Variance Covariance of variables

  • Variance of sum of n random variables

  • Chebychev's theorem

  • Standard density functions and mass functions

  • Moment generating function

  • Random sample

  • Some important statistics

  • Sampling distributions

  • Central limit theorem


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